LaNae Fuerst

My name is LaNae Fuerst and I am the new FACS teacher/FCCLA adviser.
I grew up on a farm near Tripp, SD which is about 3 1/2 hours SE of
Gettysburg. My parents are farmers and they raise cattle and grow corn
and soybeans. I graduated from Tripp-Delmont HS with a small class of
only 10 people so I'm definitely used to the small town feel. I love
small towns and the way that everyone knows everyone. This can be good
and bad but you always have someone looking out for you which is a
good feeling.

Growing up, I worked with kids in school and 4-H and loved it but I
never thought about being a teacher. It wasnít until my sophomore year
of college that the idea of becoming a teacher really popped into my
head. Something that is a little strange about myself being a FACS
teacher is that Tripp didnít have a FACS program so I never grew up
with it. I mostly was interested in becoming a FACS teacher through my
4-H experiences. I love 4-H and everything that it has to offer, and a
lot of what 4-H teaches is related to what I teach in a FACS classroom
minus the Agriculture side of things.

I think it would be really great to grow the FCCLA chapter in terms
of number of students. This year the 6th graders are able to join
FCCLA and they are really excited to see what FCCLA has to offer. I
also want students to go to the state FCCLA meeting and compete in
their different projects known as STAR events. If they are the top in
their division, they can make it to Nationals as well which would be a
great goal to achieve!